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Front: Colour photograph postcard of the Long Branch streetcar on Lakeshore Road. Dirt road is centred in image with streetcar on tracks to left. One man appears to be disembarking. Trees flank the road on either side, and a low wooden fence is prominent along the right side of the road. Behind the fence in the foreground is a telephone pole – two more poles can be seen further in the background. Also behind the fence is a view of the lake. At the top of the postcard, printed over the sky towards the right side is the title: “Lake Shore Road and Long Branch Car, Toronto, Ontario.” In the lower left corner is the identifying code: “104.069” and in a small circle the letters “JV.”

Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. Handwritten text in blue ink on left hand side of card. Some brown marks from centre to right hand side.

Front: Coloured, printed postcard. Depicts about a blue sky with some white clouds, eight red brick buildings with blueish-grey roofs, a large field, and 13 cricket players. The field is green but at the forefront of the image, there is a gravel path. The cricket players are all dressed in white. “Mimico Asylum (Lakeside Sanitorium), Toronto, Canada” is in printed text on top right. Bottom right of the image reads “JV” in a circle with the number “104,072”. Top half of the postcard (horizontal) has a handwritten message in black, faded ink.

Back: Printed text at top middle reads “Souvenir Post Card.” To the left of the postage stamp is a postmark that reads “Milton West, AM, OC 13, 09, ONT”. Bottom right has handwritten address for receiver. Left half of back has handwritten message, upside down. Left side underneath written message is printed text which reads “The Valentine & Sons Publishing Co., Ltd. Montreal and Toronto. Printed in Great Britain.” It bears a 1903 King Edward VII 3/4 profile 1 cent stamp.

Front: Coloured, printed postcard. Depicts about a blue sky with some white clouds, eight red brick buildings with blueish-grey roofs, a large field, and 13 cricket players. The field is green but at the forefront of the image, there is a gravel path. The cricket players are all dressed in white. “Mimico Asylum (Lakeside Sanitorium), Toronto, Canada” is in printed text on top left. Bottom right of the image reads “JV” in a circle with the number “104,072”.

Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. Handwritten text in pencil addresses the card to Miss Esther Appelquist, with a note from Mallie. It is postmarked February 13, 1912 at 2 PM in Toronto. It bears a 1911 King George V in Admiral Uniform 1 cent stamp.

Front: Coloured, printed postcard. Depicts about a blue sky with some white clouds, eight red brick buildings with blueish-grey roofs, a large field, and 13 cricket players. The field is green but at the forefront of the image, there is a gravel path. The cricket players are all dressed in white. “Mimico Asylum (Lakeside Sanitorium), Toronto, Canada” is in printed text on top right. Bottom right of the image reads “JV” in a circle with the number “104,072”. Top half of the postcard (horizontal) has a handwritten message in black, faded ink.

Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. There is no message on the back.

Front: Coloured, printed postcard. Depicts about a blue sky with some white clouds, eight red brick buildings with blueish-grey roofs, a large field, and 13 cricket players. The field is green but at the forefront of the image, there is a gravel path. The cricket players are all dressed in white. “Mimico Asylum (Lakeside Sanitorium), Toronto, Canada” is in printed text on top left. Bottom right of the image reads “JV” in a circle with the number “104,072”.

Back: Undivided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. Handwritten text in blue ink addresses the card to Mrs. Madden, with a note from JLE. It is postmarked April 21, 1910 at 1 pm in Toronto, ON. It bears a 1903 King Edward VII 3/4 profile 1 cent stamp.

Front: Coloured, printed postcard. Depicts about a blue sky with some white clouds, eight red brick buildings with blueish-grey roofs, a large field, and 13 cricket players. The field is green but at the forefront of the image, there is a gravel path. The cricket players are all dressed in white. “Mimico Asylum (Lakeside Sanatorium), Toronto, Canada.” is in printed text on top right. Bottom right of the image reads “JV” in a circle with the number “104,072”.

Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. Handwritten text in blue ink addresses the card to Fry Pedro, with a note from Liniy(?) and Sam. It is dated January 10, 1914.

Front: Colour picture of the Mohawk Institute. The top of the image is a blue sky with some white clouds. In the middle of the image is a mostly red brick (but with some grey bricks along the bottom) building with white trim and a grey roof. The building has many windows. In the centre of the building, there are stairs leading to a door surrounded by white pillars. The white pillars extend from the ground to the roof and on the second floor, appears to also include balconies. There are four chimneys on the roof, two closer to the left and two on the right. In front of the building is a tan path way extending from the bottom corner to the stairs. The rest of the space in front of the building is green grass. On the right side, there is a green leafed tree. In the upper left of the postcard, printed over the trees, text on the image reads: “Mohawk Institute, Brantford, Canada.”

Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Stedman Bros. Limited along the left side. There is text along the top and a rectangle with text in the upper right corner. Below is the divided back with lines and text. No letter was written on the card.

Front: Black and white photograph. The photos shows a boat with a mast on a rocky beach on the left. There is a house seen on the very left past the boat. The right side of the photo shows a body of water with waves. Behind the water is a waterfront with trees. At the foreground in the middle, there is a cluster of large rocks.

Back: Divided blank back. There is some black text on the top centre with a square in the right corner. There is a vertical line down the middle centre of the back.

Front: Colored photograph of the North American Motel. The picture demonstrates a street view of the motel with cars being parked in front of it. At the right hand side there is sign mentioning the name of the motel, at the back of the motel there is a tall far fetched green tree. The lawn near the building looks clean with a vacancy sign kept near the entrance.

Back: The back of the postcard is beige and the postcard seems to have never been used. The postcard is divided into almost two parts by a written text “Canadian Post Card Co. Ltd., Toronto 3”. On the left hand side Motel’s information (address and contact details) is printed with blue ink. On the right hand side “Post Card” is printed along with a box that mentions “Place stamp here”. At the bottom left corner “40687-B” is printed which appears to be some kind of a serial no. In the middle there is a little circle that writes “Printed in Canada” lastly at the bottom right corner “250” is written with a pencil.